Schar School of Policy and Government

In an extensive interview, Schar School of Policy and Government Dean Mark J. Rozell explains that executive privilege is a "murky concept" because of a lack of guidance in the Constitution and legislatively as to its exact parameters.

Interviews are generally high stress situations for most people, but, unfortunately, interviewing is a mandatory part of the job search process that eventually gets the candidate the job. Many people feel uncomfortable talking about themselves or nervous with the spotlight on them. With a slight change in mindset and some intentional preparation, anyone can be successful in an interview situation.

Michael Hayden, former CIA director and head of the Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at the Schar School, sounds off on the Russia investigation and President Trump’s potential complicity.

On 29 January, the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security hosted a conversation between General (ret) Hayden and the former National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I), Norman Roule.

How much did Russia interfere with the 2016 presidential campaign? What does it mean that Russia has its largest foothold in the Middle East in decades in Syria? Are we entering another Cold War with Russia?

The Schar School’s Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera believes that if a wall is built, immigrants would just find other ways to enter the U.S.

Foreign Policy Magazine this week named two of George Mason University’s graduate degree programs among the Top 50 in the world for careers in international relations.

The Stephen S. Fuller Institute’s monthly Washington Coincident Index, a broad measurement of the area’s current economic health, dipped 1 percent in December.

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Schar School professor Ahsan Butt was hosted at the Stimson Center, where he also serves as a Nonresident Fellow, to discuss his recently published book, Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy Against Separatists.

The deadline for submitting an application for the Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program is Sunday, March 18. The fellowship is open to rising college seniors, graduating seniors or those enrolled as degree candidates in a graduate or professional school.